Chapter 307: Napoleon’s Assassination
Chapter 297 – Napoleon’s Assassination
On August 10, 1858, Napoleon III and his wife were assassinated on their way to the Paris Opera House, and Europe was in an uproar.
Everyone remembers the unlucky Bismarck who was assassinated a few months ago, the Tsarist government found the backstabbing Polish independence organizations, involved in the domestic political struggle, the Prussian government did not look deeply into the matter, and the matter passed.
Napoleon III is not Bismarck that kind of small role, assassination of a country’s monarch is a big taboo, this matter is in big trouble.
Vienna
After receiving the news, Franz’s first thought was “Damn! Under his butterfly effect, Napoleon III had ascended to the throne earlier than expected, but actually still caught up with this assassination.
Franz asked with concern: “Did Napoleon III and his wife get shot?”
It is not that he is unscrupulous, the history of the “Orsini assassination” is full of doubts, after being assassinated by the Sardinian Italians, Napoleon III and the Kingdom of Sardinia joined forces to attack Austria, which is not normal.
The most normal operation should be to use this as an excuse to directly account to the Kingdom of Sardinia, forcing them to cede land and make reparations, or directly send troops to occupy the Kingdom of Sardinia.
As a result, Napoleon III not only pardoned the assassin with his own majesty, but also went to help Sardinia to fight Austria, contributing to the unification of Italy.
Such a brain-dead operation, third-rate novels do not even dare to write this ah?
Unless the assassination case is self-directed, in order to lead Austria into the pit, or Napoleon III brain really into the water.
Of course, if it is self-guided, Napoleon III is also brain into water. Because he didn’t help out impermanently, he received payment after the war, and the Italians didn’t appreciate him.
The result of the Franco-Austrian War was to leave France politically isolated. It also created a feud with Austria and Italy, and the two countries retaliated back during the Franco-Prussian War.
Tyrone replied, “It’s not clear, the French blocked the news, the scene left blood, but it is not certain who was shot.
According to the intelligence coming from our undercover sources in the French government, it seems that the murderer was caught not long after the assassination, and is still under interrogation, his identity is unknown for the time being.”
Franz sneered, “Let’s first figure out if anything happened to Napoleon III, the murderer’s fell into the hands of the French, and the identity is still not up to them!”
There was no way around it, Napoleon III had done quite a few jerky things, and Franz wasn’t sure what would happen next.
In another time and space, without his selflessness, all three countries of the United States, Italy and Germany were not so easily united, or even unable to be united.
The successes of Bismarck, Cavour, and Lincoln were all built on the foundation of Napoleon III’s head suddenly jerking around. Otherwise, none of them would have been associated with “greatness” and would have been more likely to go to the gallows.
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Theron replied.
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BERLIN
With the news of Napoleon III’s assassination, the Prussian government was on tenterhooks.
It was almost common knowledge that the French were prying into the Rhineland. The fact that six layers of the Kingdom of Prussia’s army were now deployed in the Rhineland spoke volumes.
If it were any other time, there would still be European countries interfering if France wanted to make a move. This time was different, if there was evidence that the assassination was related to the Prussian kingdom, then the Vienna system could not stop the French from acting.
In terms of motive, it is very likely that the murderer was German, because the French intervention cost the German region the chance of unification. It was only natural that there would be fanatical nationalists who would retaliate.
Foreign Minister Andrea explained, ”Your Highness, don’t worry, it’s not like we planned this assassination, even if the French wanted to bite the dust, they couldn’t possibly blame us.
The Vienna system has just been established not long ago, and the French using far-fetched reasons to start a war will be met with hostility from all countries, unless they are not afraid of a second anti-French alliance.”
Prince Wilhelm Frederick Ludwig nodded, the chances of the French messing up at this time were indeed not high, breaking the Vienna system now was not in their interest.
Vigilance is just an instinctive reaction, this is the aftermath left behind by Napoleon’s hanging over Europe, that even after so much time has passed, everyone is still very wary of France.
“Well, under normal circumstances the French won’t make a move, but we still can’t take it lightly, order the troops on the front line to strengthen their alert, don’t give the French an opportunity to take advantage of it.”
Despite the fact that the world’s number one land power is still the Russians, the performance of the French army in the Near East War still makes most people believe that the French army’s combat power is the world’s number one, and the Russians can only rely on numbers to suppress them.
There was also Franz’s handiwork here, deliberately exaggerating the strength of the French, so that everyone’s perception of the French army was stuck in the Napoleonic era.
This misperception was what put the French under diplomatic constraints at every turn. Forced by diplomatic pressure, Napoleon III rarely did anything on the European continent after his succession.
Even though he was eyeing the Rhineland and Belgium, he did not take any practical action.
Uncovering this cover, obviously impossible. Being in the bureau Napoleon III government, simply do not know that the combat power of the French army now, and not as bullish as it was back then.
This is not a gap in training, but there is no Napoleonic era cast out of the military soul. Especially after the grueling experience of the Near East war, the French army inspired morale is also consumed almost.
However, because of the high casualty exchange ratio on both sides, the French army still retained its name.
The only way to puncture this tiger skin was to fight a battle with a powerful country, and losing the battle naturally exposed it. However, under the Vienna system, the chances of a major power going to war directly were too low.
The Prussian government is not the only one who is worried, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Belgium are also worried, everyone is praying that the murderer must not be related to their own family.
Time passes, Napoleon assassination case finally has an answer. 1858, August 15, the French government announced the case, the murderer is four Italians.
At first glance, Franz was speechless or the four Italian heroes in history, only this time they were unlucky, afraid that they could not wait for the pardon.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon III were not hurt, three of the guards accompanying them were shot, and one died on the spot.
If Napoleon III pardoned the assassins again, his men would be chilled to the bone.
Whether it was to consolidate the majesty of the monarch or for the sake of profit, he had to find trouble with the Sardinian Kingdom, who let the Sardinian Kingdom share a border with them?
The current international situation, the French want to get expansion on the European continent is too difficult. Looking around, the best thing to bully is the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Now that the ready-made excuse is sent to the door, I am afraid that the French government will not rest until they bite off a piece of meat.
Originally ready to order the front line troops to get ready for battle, then Franz gave up. If Napoleon III’s head is jerked, take the initiative to send to the door would be the best.
In the battle of the world, it is completely unnecessary to worry about the gain or loss of a city or a place. If the French target is Austria, then Franz does not mind to lure the king into the pot.
Restricted by transportation, logistical supplies, now simply can not afford to fight the war of extermination. The power gap between France and Austria is not large, basically the war is fought on whose land, who has a high chance of winning.
If the French main force can be lulled out, Franz does not mind first deliberately pretending to be a wimp, and then form an anti-French alliance to break the spine of the French at once.
(End of chapter)